Abstract We review our density functional study of oxygen adsorption on the outer surface of 4 Å single-wall carbon nanotubes, which have been recently synthesized using a templating method. The stability of these 4 Å tubes under ambient conditions is investigated by the nudged elastic band technique and further confirmed by the experimentally measured Raman spectra. Different adsorption pictures of singlet O2 could be used to select a single chirality from a mixture of these ultra-small radius tubes.
Issue Date: 05 June 2007
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LIU Hui-jun. Interaction of oxygen with 4 ? carbon nanotubes[J]. Front. Phys. ,
2007, 2(2): 171-177.
